User Manual

Makeup Tools (rhythms and SMF)
Backing Keyboard BK-5 OR r
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4. If you are satisfied with your changes and
wish to preserve them, save your rhythm/
song to the USB memory.
See “Saving your new rhythm or song (SMF) version”
on p. 83.
NOTE
The changes you make using the procedure described
above can be “burned” into the rhythm/song file using the
“Freeze Data” command (see p. 83). Doing so will allow you
to hear those changes on any sequencer (software) you
use. Changes you don’t “freeze” are nevertheless stored
when you save the edited rhythm/song file—but only the
BK-5 OR can read them.
Freeze Data
To commit your settings, use [MENU] button ‰ “Makeup
Tools” ‰ “Freeze Data”.
Before saving your “made-up” song to a USB memory,
you can (but you don’t have to) “commit” your changes,
thereby turning them into “regular” rhythm or song
data.
This may come in handy if you also want to play back
your new rhythm/song version on another arranger
instrument, sequencer or your computer. This operation
is unnecessary for files you only want to use with the
BK-5 OR or one of the models mentioned above.
Saving your new rhythm or song (SMF) version
1. If you are happy with your changes and wish
to preserve them, select the “Save” parame-
ter and press the [ENTER/SELECT] button.
NOTE
Even rhythms or songs for which you did not perform the
“Freeze Data” command need to be saved using this proce-
dure if you want to keep the changes.
2. Use the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial and the
[ENTER/SELECT] button to select a different
location if you do not want to overwrite the
original version.
3. Press the [WRITE] button (it flashes).
The BK-5 OR automatically adopts the name of the
selected rhythm or song. If you want to save the new
version under that name (and overwrite the previous
version), skip to step (7) below.
4. Use the TONE buttons to select a different
character.
5. Rotate the [CURSOR÷VALUE] dial to select
the next character position you want to
change.
6. Repeat steps (4) and (5) to complete the
name.
7. Press the [WRITE] button to confirm your
desire to save the rhythm or song.
Instr. Equalizer Global, Instr,
Off
Global: The drum
instrument uses the
equalizer settings of
the Drum Set it
belongs to.
Instr: The drum instru-
ment uses its own
equalizer settings (see
below).
Off: The drum instru-
ment is not equalized.
Edit EQ (Press the
[ENTER/
SELECT] but-
ton)
Provides access to the
EQ parameters of the
currently selected
drum instrument (if
“Instr. Equalizer” is set
to “Int”). See “Edit EQ”
on p. 81 for a descrip-
tion of the available
parameters.
Undo Changes (Press the
[ENTER/
SELECT] but-
ton)
This function allows
you to cancel the
“Drum Instrument (D)”
settings of the cur-
rently selected instru-
ment and to revert to
the previously saved
version.
Parameter Setting Explanation
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